Well i assumed they did but i'm guessing the data goes like this:
Comcast - private network - Xbox Live Servers - Public internet - Me.
All traffic to the Xbox goes over specific IP and port which is a routeable address so unless Comcast is doing some extra stuff that i'm too dumb to understand? I'm an IT guy too but still some stuff is just over my head
I'm just having trouble thinking of how they'd get to me without crossing public internet since I am connected to public internet Maybe the app creates a VPN to comcast? :dunno:
Iss easy, comcast gave microsoft a connection on their network. So that this app connects to microsoft xbox servers over that comcast connection. This way it never goes outside comcasts network.
reply to SHoTTa35 I assume it will work like U-verse does.
Think of the XBox Live subscription as buying access to the software. XBox Live authentication happens over the public internet as usual.
When you go to watch content, the XBox requests the video through the private network (and thus doesn't count against your cap). The video doesn't go through Microsoft's servers. -- AT&T U-Hearse - RIP Unlimited Internet 1995-2011 Rethink Billable.
reply to majortom1029 Ah wait, think i got it now.
Xbox - Microsoft - Comcast - Hey give me data! - Comcast directly to Xbox - Here you go.
Since it's basically comcast to comcast (Server to Modem) then. I'm guess then it never leaves the network. In that case. I was just thinking of the part about ports since the Xbox only opens 3074 for it's use.
Iss easy, comcast gave microsoft a connection on their network. So that this app connects to microsoft xbox servers over that comcast connection. This way it never goes outside comcasts network.
But the congestion Comcast claims exists at their nodes. Private or public internet, all traffic must go through the node you're connected to.
There's obviously no congestion at the core, where you can see how prices have dropped like a crater.
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